Emboss Me Pro vs Hand Tint Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emboss Me Pro
Easily apply an embossing effect to your photos with a single tap. Adjust depth and direction for custom results. Share your creations directly via print, tweet, or email.
- One-click embossing effect
- Adjustable embossing depth
- Adjustable embossing direction
- Select photos from album
- Take new photos
- One-tap print
- One-tap tweet
- One-tap email
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Create polished embossed relief in seconds with Emboss Me Pro. Transform photos into dimensional raised-surface artwork with adjustable depth and direction. Designed for fast, visual editing: • Compare the original and edited image with a live split preview • Explore curated presets made for different photo styles • Blend the effect with your original for a subtle or bold finish • Save favorite effect settings in My Looks and reuse them • Share a labeled before-and-after image • Undo, redo, and resume your last edit • Save and share at high resolution • Process photos directly on your device Choose a photo, try a preset, and adjust until the result feels right. The focused editor keeps the image and its transformation visible throughout the process. The paid edition is ad-free, so you can stay focused on your edit.
Hand Tint Pro
Transform your photos into timeless hand-painted art. Apply color with smart brushes, layers, and selective tools. Choose from various background effects and paper textures for unique creations.
- Smart brushes for precise coloring
- Layering system for organized editing
- Selective color tool
- Multiple background effects (B&W, Luminescent, Vintage)
- Various layer modes
- Save projects to resume later
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Colorize your photo with Tint, Tone and Color Hand Tint Pro supplies everything you need—color palettes, paper and smart brushes—for creating beautiful and timeless hand painted photography. Like all art forms, preparing a good base for hand coloring is like stretching a canvas for painting, so every imaged placed in the app is stripped of color and transformed into a classic Black & White, a dreamy Luminescent or an aged Vintage photo we call a Background Effect. To keep your painting organized and in control, we give you Layers and a handy Selective Color tool to define areas for accurate brushing. Both features are designed to keep color where you want them. FEATURES An easy workflow with a professional layering system has modes for tint, tone, color, multiply, soft paint or paint that can be changed per layer, and a powerful color selection tool to keep brushing inside isolated areas for fast colorization and accuracy. It is important to have fun while creating beautiful photo memories so a forgiving erase brush is there to wash away mistakes occurred during the painting process. If you need to stop, not a problem! Use the save project feature and return to finish when you are ready. PHOTO EFFECTS (also known as background effects) For the base of your hand tint we transform your photo into a classic Black & White, a dreamy Luminescent or an aged Vintage—the choice is yours! Black and White—turns a photo into a classic black and white with options to adjust the RGB channels. A strength slider gradually blends the photo's original colors back in, if desired, for a variety of customized looks before the tinting process begins. Luminescent—adds dreamy brightness combined with subtle texture—that you control, as you brush on color, tint or tone Vintage—ages the photo with image toning and adds distressed paper for a beautiful and unique basis of your tinting project INCLUDES 3 Photo Effects—Black & White, Luminescent & Vintage (also known as background effects, creates the base photo layer for hand tinting) 3 Layer Styles—Colorize Layer allows the original color to be brushed back in, Paint Layer allows customizable coloring using paintbrushes and color palettes, Auto Paint Layer allows original color to be removed, and a base layer called Background Effect to change photo effects styles on-the-fly without changing the hand colored layers above it—this allows you to be creative without repainting the image. Layer Modes—on every layer feature Color, Tint, Tone, Multiply, Soft Paint and Paint modes. These modes are designed to change the look of painted or colorized areas for unique and infinite variations. RGB Sliders—found on the Background Effect allow for pro mixing of light and dark areas in the Black & White and Luminescent effects. Film Grain Slider Soften Slider 6 Paper Surface Textures 25 Color Palettes—consist of multiple swatches created for seasons, hair color, eye color and skin tones plus 2 Romantic palettes for dreamy gardens and seascapes. 36 Textures for adding an aged and worn paper effect 15 One-touch customizable Presets—create the Background Effect 3 Paint Presets—with layer styles and brush colors already in place for learning and understanding the layering process. Save Project—will save your hand tint project externally, or share projects with co-workers and friends. This feature keeps all layers and brush colors in tact. Randomize Button—automatically changes the settings on the Background Effects
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Emboss Me Pro at $0.99 against Hand Tint Pro's $19.99. Hand Tint Pro's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 29%) and rating (4.1 vs 2.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Emboss Me Pro costs $0.99 and Hand Tint Pro $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hand Tint Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hand Tint Pro has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Emboss Me Pro's written reviews are positive against 71% of Hand Tint Pro's.
Emboss Me Pro ships an update every 2 months, Hand Tint Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emboss Me Pro | Hand Tint Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (3 ratings) | 4.1 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 福恩 毛 | JixiPix Software |
Customer experience
Emboss Me Pro
Hand Tint Pro
In-app purchases
Emboss Me Pro
No in-app purchases
Hand Tint Pro
No in-app purchases







